Americans Arrested in Cairo

Protests in Cairo have been known about for a while, but last week three Americans were arrested for being in the crowd, and it caused the United States to pay a lot more attention. The American students claimed they were wrongfully arrested because they were only observing the protests, and they also said they were beaten after the arrest. One student went on the Today show on NBC to talk a little about what happened, and it was clear he was happy to be home. He, his mom, and his attorney briefly discussed what happened with the arrest and how he was freed. Apparently, police in Cairo claimed the three students were on the roof of a building with molotov cocktails, and as police, they were just doing their jobs. The students deny ever being on a roof or having anything remotely close to a molotov cocktail. Unfortunately, the story seems to have been pushed behind the ongoing election, the occupy protests, and the holidays. The protests in Egypt are, in my opinion, a main reason to keep an eye on all the occupy protests here in America. Protests can go from peaceful resistance, to chaos and rebellion in a short amount of time, which is why there is so much press covering it. Protestors here don't necessarily mean to try to overthrow the government, but if something doesn't get done, protests could become more severe until they end up like the ones in Cairo.